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Down & Out. In Creston, Iowa, carnival magician Thomas Mays made a quarter disappear all right, then underwent an operation to have it removed from his stomach.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 1, 1946 | 7/1/1946 | See Source »

¶ Elected the Council's first Negro vice president (to serve with Manhattan's Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam, outstanding Methodist liberal [TIME, June 26], who was elected president, to succeed Episcopal Bishop Henry St. George Tucker). He is quiet, earnest Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays, 49, Baptist minister and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Protestants at Pittsburgh | 12/11/1944 | See Source »

Driver Shaw had qualified with the second fastest time of any of the contestants. But, since luck is as important as skill, stamina and mechanical endurance at Indianapolis, even the most enthusiastic Shavian gave him little chance to repeat, especially in a field that included such highhearted and heavy-footed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Shaw Wins | 6/10/1940 | See Source »

As the 33 brightly painted cars crossed the starting line, fans and picnickers alike craned their necks to see what they could see, cocked their ears to hear (on their auto radios) what they failed to see. After 200 miles of monotonous droning-with only two minor crack-ups to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Shaw Wins | 6/10/1940 | See Source »

One thing unusual about the band is the way they picked up a rhythm style right away that very few white bands can ever do, and that Gene Krupa's gang has taken over two years to learn: namely, a nice easy bounce on the Jimmy Lunceford style. Good swing...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: SWING | 3/23/1940 | See Source »

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